“Gregor has a distinguished career in multi-asset investing, having won several Morningstar and Lipper awards for the funds he managed,” says Christophe Bernard, head of Multi Asset Boutique.

“His deep knowledge of our strategic markets for multi asset, namely Switzerland, Germany and Italy, and his experience will be instrumental in helping us further shape a first class multi-asset product shelf for our clients.”

Vontobel Asset Management had assets of CHF101bn (€94.5bn) under management as of 31 December 2016.

Adrien Paredes-Vanheule is French-Speaking Europe Correspondent for InvestmentEurope, covering France, Belgium, Geneva and Monaco. Prior to joining InvestmentEurope, he spent almost five years writing for various publications in Monaco, primarily as a criminal and financial court reporter. Before that, he worked for newspapers and radio stations in France, in particular in Lyon.